Running-gear for wagons



Patented Sept. 20, |8198.

No.l 610,979.

D. HUTURNBULL.

RUNNING GEAR FOR WAGONS.

(Application led Apr. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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RUNNING-GEAR FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters Patent No. 610,979, datedSeptember 20, 1898.

Application filed April 11,1898. Serial No. 677,198. (No model.)

To coZZwi/om it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID I-I. TURNBULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Florence, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Alabama,have invented a new and useful Running-Gear for Vagons, of which thefollowing is a specication.

The invention relates to improvements in running-gear for wagons.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofrunning-gear and to increase the strength, durability, and efficiency ofthe devices for supporting and guiding the bolster or sand-board andlessen the cost of constructing such devices.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of arunning-gear provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view taken transversely of the bolster. Fig. 3 is a similarview taken longitudinally of the bolster.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a substantially rectangular bracket mounted above an axle 2and forming a guide for a bolster 3 and consisting of a horizontalbottom portion Il and vertical parallel sides 5. rlhe bracket l, whichis secured to the running-gear 6, may be fastened directly to the axle2, and although the device is shown applied to the rear portion of arunnin g-gear for supporting the bolster 3, yet it Will be readilyunderstood that it is equally applicable to the front portion of therunninggear and may be employed for supporting the front sand-board.

The lower portion of the bracket l is secured to the running-gear, andthe sides of it are supported by inclined braces 7, formed integral withthe bracket and slightly curved, as shown. The braces 7, which extendforward or rearward, or both ways, from the sides of the bracket, havetheir terminals arranged on the running-gear and are perforated for thereception of bolts S or other suitable fastening devices.

The sides of the bracket l are connected at a point between their endsby a bolt 9, disposed horizontally and passing through perforations ofthe bracket, and the bolster is provided with a slot 10, which receivesthe bolt and permits the necessary vertical play of the bolster on thecushioning-springs 11, which are interposed between the bolster and theaxle, as shown, but which are adapted to be arranged between the frontaxle and the sand-board.

In order to prevent the sides of the bolster from becoming Worn throughcontact with the bracket l during its vertical movement, it is providedat opposite sides with plates 12, arranged vertically at the inner facesof the sides of the bracket and interposed between the sides and thebolster. The plates are provided With vertical slots or openings tocorrespend with the transverse slot of the bolster l0,

and they have vertical flanges at their side edges, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and these iiangesassist in supporting and guiding the bolster on the brackets.

The invention has the following advantages: 'Ihe bracket and the bracesby being constructed of a single continuous strip of metal are easilymanufactured and possess great strength and durability, besides beinginexpensive. The bolster is protected from wear, and the constructionfor supporting and guiding the bolster is also applicable to sand-boardsand may be employed on various styles of Wagon running-gear.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

What I claim is-- l. In a device of the class described, the combinationwith an axle, of abolster or sand board having a transverse opening, asingle continuous strip of metal bent between its ends to form arectangular bracket and hav ing its end portions inclined and extendingupward to the tops of the sides of the bracket, the latter being mountedabove the axle and receiving` the bolster, and a horizontal fasteningdevice connecting the sides of the bracket and arranged in the openingof the sand-board or bolster, substantially as described.

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2. In a device of the class described, the combination with an axle, ofa bolster or sandboard provided with a transverse slot or opening, asubstantially rectangular bracket mounted above the axle and receivingthe bolster or sand-board, plates secured to the sides of the bolster orsand-board and interposed between the same and the sides of the bracketand having vertical iianges at their side edges, said plates beingprovided with slots or openings registering with the said slot oropening, a fastening device connecting the sides of the bracket andpassing through the said slots or openings, and an inclined braceconnected with the top of the bracket and 15 supporting the same,substantially as del scribed.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in

